2001 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 3

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question

The killing of a whale at sea isn't pleasant to witness or even to contemplate. Hunted down through solar and other highly specialized equipment, the whale has no more chance of escape like a steer in a slaughterhouse. The manner of his death, however, is very different. A grenade-tipped harpoon explodes deep within his body, often causing prolonged suffering before the gentle-giant, whose intelligence may be second only to our own, is reduced to a carcass ready for processing into crayons, lipstick, shoe polish, fertilizer, margarine and pet food.
The inhumane manner of death, however, is the least part of the scandal known as the whaling industry. Much more important is the fact that the killing is quite unnecessary. Adeguate substitutes exist for every single use to which the whale carcasses are currently put, and although some 32,000 whales are killed every year, the sum of commodities are provide is insignificant in the world's economy.

The passage is

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question

The killing of a whale at sea isn't pleasant to witness or even to contemplate. Hunted down through solar and other highly specialized equipment, the whale has no more chance of escape like a steer in a slaughterhouse. The manner of his death, however, is very different. A grenade-tipped harpoon explodes deep within his body, often causing prolonged suffering before the gentle-giant, whose intelligence may be second only to our own, is reduced to a carcass ready for processing into crayons, lipstick, shoe polish, fertilizer, margarine and pet food.
The inhumane manner of death, however, is the least part of the scandal known as the whaling industry. Much more important is the fact that the killing is quite unnecessary. Adeguate substitutes exist for every single use to which the whale carcasses are currently put, and although some 32,000 whales are killed every year, the sum of commodities are provide is insignificant in the world's economy.

The theme of the passage is (that)

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question

The killing of a whale at sea isn't pleasant to witness or even to contemplate. Hunted down through solar and other highly specialized equipment, the whale has no more chance of escape like a steer in a slaughterhouse. The manner of his death, however, is very different. A grenade-tipped harpoon explodes deep within his body, often causing prolonged suffering before the gentle-giant, whose intelligence may be second only to our own, is reduced to a carcass ready for processing into crayons, lipstick, shoe polish, fertilizer, margarine and pet food.
The inhumane manner of death, however, is the least part of the scandal known as the whaling industry. Much more important is the fact that the killing is quite unnecessary. Adeguate substitutes exist for every single use to which the whale carcasses are currently put, and although some 32,000 whales are killed every year, the sum of commodities are provide is insignificant in the world's economy.

The underlined expression suggests that the writer

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question

The killing of a whale at sea isn't pleasant to witness or even to contemplate. Hunted down through solar and other highly specialized equipment, the whale has no more chance of escape like a steer in a slaughterhouse. The manner of his death, however, is very different. A grenade-tipped harpoon explodes deep within his body, often causing prolonged suffering before the gentle-giant, whose intelligence may be second only to our own, is reduced to a carcass ready for processing into crayons, lipstick, shoe polish, fertilizer, margarine and pet food.
The inhumane manner of death, however, is the least part of the scandal known as the whaling industry. Much more important is the fact that the killing is quite unnecessary. Adeguate substitutes exist for every single use to which the whale carcasses are currently put, and although some 32,000 whales are killed every year, the sum of commodities are provide is insignificant in the world's economy.

''.....gentle giant'' conveys the picture of being

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question

The killing of a whale at sea isn't pleasant to witness or even to contemplate. Hunted down through solar and other highly specialized equipment, the whale has no more chance of escape like a steer in a slaughterhouse. The manner of his death, however, is very different. A grenade-tipped harpoon explodes deep within his body, often causing prolonged suffering before the gentle-giant, whose intelligence may be second only to our own, is reduced to a carcass ready for processing into crayons, lipstick, shoe polish, fertilizer, margarine and pet food.
The inhumane manner of death, however, is the least part of the scandal known as the whaling industry. Much more important is the fact that the killing is quite unnecessary. Adeguate substitutes exist for every single use to which the whale carcasses are currently put, and although some 32,000 whales are killed every year, the sum of commodities are provide is insignificant in the world's economy.

''...like a steer in a slaughterhouse'' is an example of

Read the poem below and answer the question Thou art the judge of man Judging his plans and behaviour Judging his speech and egotism You are the patient Judge Nations plan without having thee in view They boast of their will But soon you show them their follies You are the patient Judge Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there Time smiles and laughs He frowns his face and consults with fate You are the patient Judge The poetic device used in the first line is

Read the poem below and answer the question Thou art the judge of man Judging his plans and behaviour Judging his speech and egotism You are the patient Judge Nations plan without having thee in view They boast of their will But soon you show them their follies You are the patient Judge Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there Time smiles and laughs He frowns his face and consults with fate You are the patient Judge The last line of each stanza illustrates

Read the poem below and answer the question Thou art the judge of man Judging his plans and behaviour Judging his speech and egotism You are the patient Judge Nations plan without having thee in view They boast of their will But soon you show them their follies You are the patient Judge Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there Time smiles and laughs He frowns his face and consults with fate You are the patient Judge The dominant device used in stanza three is

Read the poem below and answer the question Thou art the judge of man Judging his plans and behaviour Judging his speech and egotism You are the patient Judge Nations plan without having thee in view They boast of their will But soon you show them their follies You are the patient Judge Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there Time smiles and laughs He frowns his face and consults with fate You are the patient Judge The poem is about

Read the poem below and answer the question Thou art the judge of man Judging his plans and behaviour Judging his speech and egotism You are the patient Judge Nations plan without having thee in view They boast of their will But soon you show them their follies You are the patient Judge Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there Time smiles and laughs He frowns his face and consults with fate You are the patient Judge The extract teaches us to use time